with riverbank trees blocking the low summer sun
the tern surveyed, up and down and around,
peering around corners of light, looking,
looking down on the here smooth and shaded Umatilla
river of recovery
diving now, wings falcon swept,
it breaks the glass
not to go deep deep
there is no deep deep here
but just deep enough
for a snatch of silver
two minutes later it's back
looking, looking..
looking..
